People

Revera Executives (Senior Leadership Team)

Gael Hargreaves
CEO

Appointed CEO in 2011 and taking the reins from Revera cofounder and director Roger Cockayne, Gael has more than 20 years’ experience in general and financial management, including senior financial management roles with Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and building access and security company ASSA ABLOY New Zealand. She is a former CFO of Revera.

Chris Fairfield
Chief Financial Officer

Chris has more than 20 years’ experience in general and financial management. Before joining Revera in 2010 he was general manager at BASF New Zealand, where he also held the role of finance director for BASF’s Australasia group of companies.

Robin Cockayne
General Manager - Business Development

Responsible for Revera sales and marketing, Robin joined Revera in 2004 following ten+ years in IT and the business of hosting and application service provision (ASP). He has played a key role in Revera’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service delivery model and the ongoing services roadmap for the future.

Jason Porter
General Manager - Technical Operations

Jason is responsible for client projects and the 24x7 operations and management of Revera’s Homeland™ infrastructure services platforms and data centres. Twenty years in IT, prior to joining Revera Jason spent a big chunk of his career at IBM.

 

Tony Reimann 
General Manager - Commercial Operations

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Joe Pope
Chairman


Since his appointment at Revera in 2002, he has overseen a period of investment, revitalisation and growth. A professional company director and advisor, Joe has held senior marketing and executive positions in both New Zealand and Australia, including chief executive of the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board.

Roger Cockayne
Co-founder and Director

Roger, with Wayne Norrie, formed Revera in 2002 when they bought a controlling stake in the business and launched Hosting and Data centre Services (HdS, now known as Revera). He’s on the MIS Strategic Who’s Who list of professionals noted for their strategic, distinct and innovative work in New Zealand. Roger pioneered Revera’s technology and service innovations, including Revera’s VDC® platform, Type-R Eco-Pod data centres and utility computing.

Wayne Norrie
Co-founder and Director


Wayne spearheaded Revera’s cultural transformation, from its origins as a multinational enterprise storage provider, to the New Zealand-owned and operated IT infrastructure services business Revera is today. His professional career spans technical and delivery roles in sales, management, and leadership.

Andrew Clements
Director


Andrew Clements, known as Clem, was for several years managing director of Emerald Capital Limited, a Canadian-owned equity investor in New Zealand.
Clem is also a shareholder and director of two other private investment companies, Zeus Capital Limited and Jacon Investments Limited. He is currently chairman of Orion Health and a director of a number of NZX listed and private companies including Ryman Healthcare Limited and The New Zealand Refining Company. He is a trustee of a number trusts, including the Graeme Dingle Trust (an endowment fund for the Foundation for Youth Development, operating the Project K, KiwiCan, MYND and Stars programmes).

Rick Bettle

Rick Bettle
Director


A professional director and Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Directors, Rick is a former Chairman of the New Zealand TAB and previously chaired NZ Lamb Co, Capital Coast Health, and Wrightson Finance. He was the Managing Director of Wrightson from 1987 to 1991 and the CEO of Alliance Group (a large South Island meat co-operative) from 1991 to 1995. From 1995 to 1998 he headed the law firm of Kensington Swann.





 
 

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